Price tag



Noir.l 13 ,1923.

F. KOHNLE PRICE TAG Filed March 10 1922 Clttozneg Patented filon'D llt,i923.

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FREDERICK KOHNLE, OE' DYTON, OHEG, ASSIGNO-t TO 'EEE 'MONABCE MARKNGSYSTEM COMEANY, 0F DAYTQN, Ot), A

CORPORATION GF OHO.

.'ERCE TAG.

Application lefl March i0, 192% To c ZZ 'whom t may concern Be it knownthat Fnnnnni'ok KoHNLr., a citizen of the United States, and residing atDayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful .Price rlag, of which the following specification `is afull disclosure.

This invention relates to improvements in price marking pin tags andpertains particularly to the construction of a double prong or pin wireclip, or fastener, fixed to the tag, as a means of securing the tag tothe goods to be ticketed, and further pertains to the provision of asmooth dull pointed pin for the clip.

An object of the invention is to provide a wire pin clip as a tagfastener, with a base portion consisting of several bends, a singlelength of wire being looped and threaded through the tag material toprovide a plurality of strand portions, clinched respectively againstopposite sides of the tag and extending longitudinally of the width ofthe tag, furnishing a means for securely mounting the clip to the tag,and for sustaining the pin portion in an outstanding position withrespect to the tag surface or plane, the free ends of the wire beingrespectively interposed and guarded between pairs of strand portions orbends at the reverse side of the tag, to prevent possible engagement ofsaid ends with the goods to which the tag is applied, and to furtherprevent injury to the hands of the user.

rPhe features of the invention will be more fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecilication, and in the drawings like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, of which:

Figure l is a plan view of a portion of gang tag strip` face side up,showing two full tags, each having one of my improved wire pin clips orfasteners at its upper margin.

Figure i2 is a plan view of the reverse side of the tag.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3, 3, Fig. 1.

Figure d is a section on line d, 4, Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a` detached perspective view of my improved wire pin clip orfastener, with its elements disposed, as when fastened to the tag.

Price marking tags of the character here- Seral No. 542,759.

in disclosed are preferably formed in strips or gangs comprising anumber of tags, said strips designed to be fed through a marking machinefor printing the mar ring date upon the tags consecutively orsuccessively and for severing the tags after being so marked,individually from the strip. The marking machines also designed forapplying the tags upon the goods to be ticketed, forcing the pins of theclip through the goods and clinching the same thereagainst. ln order tonon-interferingly feed the tags through the machine and maintain thepins in a position to be operated upon by the clinching mechanismthereof, it is desirable that the clip be securely mounted upon the tagwith its pins in an outstanding posit-ion perpendicular to the plane ofthe tag, and in a double strand pin form of clip, to have the free orterminal ends of the wire of which. the clip is formed protected andguarded.

Referring to Figs. l to inclusive, l indicates a portion of a gang tagstrip having a series of notches 2 cut inwardly from its upperlongitudinal edge and definitely spaced apart for defining the tagwidths. These notches in the strip provide shoulders for cooperationwith the feeding mechanism of the marking machine for a step landmeasured feed advance of the strip. The pin clips, each as a fastenerfor the tag, are disposed in alignment at the unpcr margin of the tagsrespectively between the notches, each clip being formed of a singlelength of wire and bent to provide a base portion threaded through andclinched upon the tag material and a pair of outstanding double strandpins each presenting a rounded or dull point end.

The clip made from a single length of wire may be described asconsisting of a pair of double strand pins each having its own baseportion of a plurality of bends, engaging relatively upon opposite sidesof the tag material with the bases joined together by a connecting baror strand 3 as the intermediate portion of the wire length required informing the clip. This connecting bar or strand 3 extends longitudinallyof the width of the tag and preferably lies upon the face side thereof.At the opposite ends of the bar 3, the wire is bent to form return loops4:, il, which thread through the tag material. From the loops, the wireeX- tends stilistantialljy7 parallel with the bar 3 to provino basestrands or bends 5, 5, respectively tor the pins. These strands 5,relatively extend in a direction toward cach other for a determinedlength, bearing` against the reverse side the tag material, aid eachforming portion of the base of a respective pin. As the clip from suchopposite portion follows in duplicate lor termin` a pair or' pins andtheir` bases, the description will be conlined to the singular.

From the. inner end oitl the base strand or bend 5, tho Wire bends at anangle. thence by a return bend upon itsell' to rorni a double strand pin(i, having a rounded point end 7. From the base ol the return pinstrand, the wire bends t an angle to pro vide a base strand 8longitudinally adjacent its companion strand 5 on the reverse side otthe tag material. This strand S extends outwardly and lies opposite thecorresponding` end ot the connecting strand f3, 'from which point thewire is bent into a loop S) threaded through the tag, thence extends in-Wardly on the tace side of the tag' aside and parallel with the strandportion 3 'for i determined distance and thence again loops and passesthrough the tap' inmerial at ll, to bring the tree end l2 ot the Wire onthe reverse or pin projecting side ol the tag. The free end l2 isclinched upon the tag reverse side between the base strands 5, 8, asshown in Figs. 2 and fl. This Yformation ot clip offers a base tor eachpin composed ol a plurality ot strands or bends clinched upon oppositesides ot the tag in intimate cnjrg'agement therewith, substantiallTanchoringl the pins to the tag, giving increased idity and stability tothe pins, sustainingfg them in an outstanding or perpendicular'positioin and providingv means lor more gwsitively securing the clip tothe tag material. The clip can be made from a smaller ,ear-.gre Wire andthe tap; of a thinner Weight stock, affording a reduction in the cost otmaterial. Increasing the number of bases and clinching the same againstone or both sides ot' the tag provides an increased bearirn surface forthe clipL upon the tag, lessens the possibilit)Yi of the clip cutting`through the tag material when pulling the clip from the goods, increasesthe stability ot the pin, and positively sustains the saine in itsupright or outstanding` position.

Haring described my invention, I claim:

l. A wire clip as a tag fastener, coniarising a single length ot' Wirebent to 'form an intermediate connecting bar, a plurality ot bach andforth bends at the opposite ends oit said bar, adapted to provide loopsfor threading through the material and pairs ot parallel strands forllinching the tag.;` material. therebetween, and double strand pinsleading atan angle `from said ben-ls at the opposite ends otisaid bar,the

vtree ends of the Wire clinched upon one side et' the material, each endbetween respective pairs ot strands upon the corresponding side otmaterial.

2. A wire clip comprising a single length ot Wire formed to provide anintermediate connectingr bar, back and :forth bends at the opposite endsof said bar, providing,` relative opposite sets of reentorcing strandsparallel with said bar, double strand fold end pins respectivelyprojectimgat anl angle troni each set oli strands and continuoustherewith, and compressed together forward and return angle bends,providing rounded dull point pin ends, the tree ends of the wireextending parallel with said first named bends and respectivelyinterposed between a pair thereof.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, as attested by the twosubscribing` witnesses.

FREDERCK KOHNLE. Witnessesz W. B. WRIGHT, M. Gr. LINDEMAN.

